Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:07:47 GMTFRANCEJihadist arrests deepen divisions in French townhttp://www.france24.com/en/France-Lunel-jihadist-town-divisions
When six of its youths died on battlefields in Syria, Lunel was suddenly known internationally as France's No. 1 "jihadist town". Locals say the media frenzy has deepened town divisions and that it will take years to rebuild its shattered image. 1F97DCC1-8629-4D97-B30E-188B86CA34F9Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:07:47 GMTBrenna Daldorph / FRANCE 24Brenna DALDORPHFRANCE - ISLAMFrance to double number of Islamic university courseshttp://www.france24.com/en/20150303-france-islamic-university-courses-double
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday announced that the state would finance double the number of university courses on Islam in a bid to stop the influence of foreign funding of training of French imams.4E9B8FE7-1720-4607-9185-C002D7BAE2C6Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:01:21 GMTPatrick Herzhog / AFPFRANCE 24FranceMadonna wants 'a drink' with French far-right leader Le Penhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150303-france-madonna-far-right-drink-marine-le-pen-human-rights
Madonna said Monday that she would like to “sit down and have a drink” with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, to understand what the controversial politician thinks about human rights “in France and all over the world”. 19B6869B-68E6-460E-8E90-5CB11D8CCD67Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:10:10 GMTJason Merritt, AFP I Singer Madonna attends The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaFRANCE 24FRANCEBritish charity bids to ban French from smacking childrenhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150302-france-smacking-children-ban-british-charity
France is set for a rebuke from Europe’s human rights watchdog after a British charity complained that the country’s laws on smacking children are vague and insufficient.12EFC42B-50CB-4F71-AA77-52F4B36F4EDFMon, 02 Mar 2015 18:40:32 GMTAFP / Loïc VenanceFRANCE 24FRANCEPoll gives France's far-right National Front party boost ahead of regional votehttp://www.france24.com/en/20150302-poll-france-far-right-le-pen
More than a third of French voters believe the country’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen “embodies French republican values”, according to a shock poll for left-leaning newspaper Libération published just weeks before key regional elections. 89DBCC03-F577-473C-89FC-518053D589DCMon, 02 Mar 2015 17:00:25 GMTAFPTony TODDFRANCE‘Priceless’ art stolen from Chinese museum in French castle Fontainebleauhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150302-france-artworks-stolen-museum-chinese-fontainebleau
Thieves on Sunday broke in to the fabled Fontainebleau castle south of Paris and stole around 15 "priceless" Chinese artefacts in a lightning raid, according to French authorities.A4F67BC0-D278-4017-A175-D60C3311A64DMon, 02 Mar 2015 19:02:33 GMTAFPFRANCE 24FRANCE'Napoleon' lands in southern France as part of anniversary re-enacmenthttp://www.france24.com/en/20150302-video-napoleon-lands-southern-france-elba-escape-200-years-anniversary
On February 28, 1814, British General Sir Neil Campbell realised with horror that his illustrious prisoner, Napoleon Bonaparte, had slipped away from the island of Elba to go and meet his Waterloo.3111C9D1-C1FA-4710-A78E-9BEEFA5094EEMon, 02 Mar 2015 10:19:45 GMTAFPFRANCE 24FRANCEMore than two hundred skeletons discovered in mass grave beneath Paris supermarkethttp://www.france24.com/en/20150301-paris-supermarket-scores-skeletons-grave
More than 200 skeletons have been discovered in a medieval mass grave beneath a supermarket in the middle of the French capital, with archeologists unsure of how they died or why the bodies were placed there.D91B5C67-A96F-4EA7-B079-6C04D79CBBEDSun, 01 Mar 2015 11:30:15 GMTFRANCE 24FRANCE 24FRANCEBouygues chief executive is not deadhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150228-bouygues-ceo-death-media-martin
Reports that French billionaire industrialist Martin Bouygues died Saturday have been denied by his media group TFI.2D8D57F3-32B6-43A4-A7C6-FE94949CAD82Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:24:09 GMTEric Piermont, AFPFRANCE 24FRANCE France wants imams to learn secular values as part of new anti-radicalisation pushhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150227-france-danger-secularism-civic-training-imams-islam
France said Wednesday it will encourage imams to take civics lessons amid fears of growing radicalisation among its Muslim community. But could the country be jeopardizing its secularist tradition by treading on religious ground?3BBBFD75-3FD8-4E27-B4DF-126FAC7A2719Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:06:33 GMTNicolas Tucat, AFP | French Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve speaks at the Cenon mosque near Bordeaux on February 25, 2015Joseph BAMATFRANCEAgeing French rockers slammed for jobless jibe at younghttp://www.france24.com/en/20150227-goldman-french-rockers-jobless-unemployment-young-enfoires
A music video by a group of mostly middle-aged French stars telling the young to “get moving” if they wish to succeed has triggered a bitter generational row in a country grappling with record-high youth unemployment.835217EE-F855-4F0E-8D81-AF8E3B803575Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:43:40 GMTPatrick Hertzog, AFP I French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman performs during the TV musical show "Les Enfoires" in Strasbourg, eastern France, in 2014FRANCE 24RWANDARwanda’s Kagame arrives in France – but for UN meetinghttp://www.france24.com/en/20150227-rwanda-france-kagame-paris-unesco-genocide-turquoise
Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives in Paris on Friday to attend a meeting of the UN's cultural agency. But he is not expected to meet French officials while in the country, which he regularly accuses of complicity in the 1994 genocide.EF3E71AE-3C1D-43D8-B9E1-4CC55D73164FFri, 27 Feb 2015 15:12:02 GMTAFPFRANCE 24FRANCEPensioner jailed for attacking French mosque http://www.france24.com/en/20150226-france-mosque-grenade-attack-mans-jail-charlie-hebdo
A French court has sentenced a 69-year-old man to prison for throwing plaster grenades and shooting at a mosque in western France. The man said he had acted in anger over a deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. 5CD2E5B6-EDD9-41A6-BF83-9AD263C6754AThu, 26 Feb 2015 18:36:02 GMTAFP | Police outside a mosque in Le Mans, western France, after the building came under attack on January 7, 2015FRANCE 24FRANCEAirbnb vows to comply with Paris lodgings taxhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150226-paris-airbnb-cooperate-home-rental-hotels-chesky-france
The city of Paris appeared to have buried the hatchet with Airbnb on Thursday after the short-term rental website promised to comply with city regulations to start collecting a lodgings tax. Paris is the No. 1 destination for Airbnb users.3603361E-CEA5-4B4F-BA56-0B5618A223AFThu, 26 Feb 2015 19:38:32 GMTDominique Faget, AFP | Bruno Juillard (left), the Paris deputy mayor, meets with Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky (right) in Paris on February 26, 2015.FRANCE 24YEMENVideo: Yemen kidnappers ‘only wanted the French girl’http://www.france24.com/en/20150226-video-yemen-kidnappers-only-wanted-french-girl-sherine-makkaoui-isabelle-prime
Sherine Makkaoui, a Yemeni interpreter, was kidnapped alongside Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Tuesday. FRANCE 24 spoke to Makkaoui’s family, who are praying for her safe return.42C7E185-E8FA-48C3-8379-C6D5EDEFC154Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:34:12 GMTFRANCE 24FRANCE 24FRANCE - PHILIPINNESHollande enlists film stars for climate change push in Manilahttp://www.france24.com/en/20150226-hollande-enlists-film-stars-climate-change-push-manila-philippines-marion-cotillard-melanie-laurent
French President François Hollande arrived in the Philippines Thursday accompanied by two of France’s leading actresses, Marion Cotillard and Mélanie Laurent, to promote the fight against climate change ahead of a crucial summit later this year.8BD55307-2C7F-4DB7-95B9-0818E2728868Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:14:58 GMTNoël Celis / AFP FRANCE 24France – France 24 - International News 24/7http://www.france24.com/en/france/rss/
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